slope

n//sloʊp//

sluttning, backe, brant, slänt, lutning, guling, slutta, luta, stupa

  1. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

  2. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

  3. (mathematics, of a line, with respect to a fixed coordinate system) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.

  4. (mathematics, of a curve at a given point; sometimes proscribed, see Usage notes) The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.

  5. (vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

  6. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.

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